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Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka

Dr. Stephanie Schuttler, the Fancy Scientist, is a wildlife biologist who loves breaking stereotypes and talking about the natural world. In this podcast, she shares her knowledge of animals, experiences as a wildlife biologist, and simple lifestyle choices you can make to conserve nature. Her 17 years in wildlife biology taught her that science alone cannot save species. We need to take collective action through simple things we can do every day. This podcast is for anyone who likes animals and

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50:39

Getting a Wildlife Career with NO Wildlife...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2022/05/18

One of my favorite podcast episodes to share with people is #46: Starting a Wildlife Career at 40: Interview with Jeffrey Hunter. In this episode, I interview Jeffrey Hunter of the National Parks Conservation Association on how he left his corporate job to pursue one in wildlife at 40. One of the people listening to this was Ron Lewis. During the pandemic, Ron was let go from his engineering job at 49. He always loved wildlife and it had lingered in the back of his mind that he should pursue a

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30:47

What Do Careers with Endangered Species Look Like?

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2022/05/03

Whenever I talk to someone who wants my help, I always ask them “What is your ultimate career goal?” and frequently the answer is “something with endangered species.We’ve all seen the videos of scientists opening up a cage with a wolf inside, and it sprinting out of it to return to the wild where it belongs, or some variation of that with another species. These videos are so inspiring and uplifting – they make us feel so good and like there is hope for conservation. But there’s a lot of work that

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16:10

How Do Scientists Choose Their Research?

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2022/04/19

Students always ask me – how do I choose my research? When I was in graduate school, this question lingered over me for the first six months. How in the world, out of all of the things to study do I pick something?Most people will tell you to follow your passion – but what happens if you (like me) are passionate about many things? How do you choose? Or what if you aren’t sure what you are passionate about at all? Surprisingly, choosing your research based on what you are passionate about alone is

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29:58

Should Wildlife Professionals Start a Side Hustle?

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2022/04/13

I was having some struggles in my business – specifically how to talk about my program to potential student.I was thinking about purchasing a new course to help me with this problem and I was asking my mastermind group members what they thought.It was a big chunk of change: $2,000. Normally we encourage each other to invest in ourselves, but one of my members felt like I already had the training I needed – and that it was more of my mindset I needed help with. She also suggested I could receive free

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44:03

Money Mindset in Conservation and Your Career

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2022/03/14

On this week's podcast, I talk about a hot button issue and one you probably wouldn't expect from a wildlife biology and conservation based podcast: money. I always knew I wouldn't make a lot of money in my career, but was surprised at how low the salary levels were for the jobs I qualified for. And lately there's been a lot of talk about things like unpaid internships and volunteering in our career and that young professionals shouldn't take them and organizations shouldn't

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34:23

Being Productive for Wildlife Conservation

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2022/03/01

Productivity seems to be more of a career-oriented topic, but this is actually really important in wildlife and conservation work, and it’s something that is often overlooked.When I was in graduate school and working as a postdoc, I often felt so overwhelmed with all the work I had to do. I know that many other people out there feel exactly the same way. There’s several reasons for this.First, there’s just a lot of problems to work on regarding wildlife and conservation. Human population growth

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32:22

7 Ways to Become a Better Biologist on Your Own

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2022/02/15

In mid 2020 when COVID shut so many things down ( virtually everything), a lot of people lost their volunteer positions, internships, or seasonal positions, and they felt that it really set them back in their career in terms of getting experience. Some people are still having a hard time finding openings because of COVID.Back then, I did an episode (#7) on three things you could do to still get experience and skills. Since I talk to so many people who are still struggling, I thought it would be

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36:14

Creating a Vision to Accelerate and Amplify Your...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2022/02/01

Hello everyone. And welcome to the Fancy Scientist. We’re still pretty new into the new year, about the end of January. And I am going to talk about the importance of having a vision for the longest time. I did have certain goals, but they were either pretty obvious or pretty short term.And I didn’t have an overall vision. So when it came to graduating and then looking for a job. I quite honestly felt lost. And I know I am not alone. I talk to a lot of graduates, a lot of students, and so many of

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35:52

Focus on What’s Important By Saying No

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2022/01/18

Hi guys. I am back. Yes. It's been a minute. If you are a regular listener to this podcast, you will remember. At the end of September, I said I was taking a break originally. I had planned to just take October. But I ended up taking off until now. Now when I say take a break, I wasn't completely taking a break.I was really focusing my time on other things. So I did take a break from the podcast from pretty much all social media and. YouTube as well. So today I am going to talk about the

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34:56

The Best is Yet to Come: Thoughts on Getting Older...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/09/28

Is age really just a number? But not me! Instead I developed a mindset to appreciate my age and be grateful for every day I have here.In this podcast, I talk about some major life changes for me – turning 40, changing careers, and going through a divorce. Most people think these things are scary. And while I do have my fears, for the most part I am so excited and happy for these changes. I didn’t always think this way though. In fact, I used to think the opposite. I share with you my words of wisdom

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32:58

Is Work-Life Balance in Science Possible?

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/09/21

This is a science podcast, so why am I talking about work-life balance? Because so many scientists are bad at it!I can’t even tell you how many scientists brag about working 60 or even 80 hours a week. It seems like everyone is doing it. But there’s a great cost…This begs the question – is it possible to be successful as a scientist and work 40 hours a week? Or even less? Actually have a life outside of science? The answer is YES. In this podcast, I talk about how you can achieve work-life balance

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37:39

What Makes a Good Mentor?

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/09/14

Everyone should have a mentor when trying to achieve something difficult in life. In science, mentors are unavoidable. They play an essential role. You need research experience to become a scientist, and mentorship is a central part of that research experience. In fact, in graduate school, your training and research is really built off of your advisor (AKA your mentor) and not courses or classes. Therefore, choosing a good mentor is crucial for your success as a scientist. And to be honest, being a

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22:44

4 Tips for a Successful Academic Year in Graduate School

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/09/07

Last week on the Fancy Scientist podcast, I went over what graduate school was like and what it’s all about. This week, I talk about how you can have a successful year. Graduate school is not like undergrad. You can’t just study hard and do well – there’s so much more to it. I give away my 4 most important tips for you to set yourself up for a successful academic year. Even if you are not in graduate school, or even in this career, almost all of these tips translate into any career.These are the

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34:14

Training to Be a Scientist: Graduate School

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/09/02

It’s the beginning of the school year so I thought it would be the perfect time to talk about where aspiring scientists go to train to be scientists: graduate school. Whether you are getting your Master’s or Ph.D., the experience is vastly different than undergraduate or K-12 education. In fact, I don’t think I truly understood what science was until I went to graduate school. In this episode of the Fancy Scientist podcast, I talk about what graduate school is really like. Even if you aren’t a

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37:03

Elephant Tourism: What’s Best for Elephants

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/08/12

The inspiration for all of my writing and videos stems from animals. So often people want to become a wildlife biologist because they want to help animals. They envision themselves conducting important research to grow populations or captive-rearing animals for reintroductions. But I’ve learned through all of my years of research, that to really help animals we need to take a look at ourselves. And the truth is all animals will be affected by climate change – including us. So if we really care about

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44:32

Working in Education with Erin Apple

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/08/04

The inspiration for all of my writing and videos stems from animals. So often people want to become a wildlife biologist because they want to help animals. They envision themselves conducting important research to grow populations or captive-rearing animals for reintroductions. But I’ve learned through all of my years of research, that to really help animals we need to take a look at ourselves. And the truth is all animals will be affected by climate change – including us. So if we really care about

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28:09

Your Biggest Struggle in Wildlife Careers: Part 3

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/07/28

This week’s podcast episode covers the second most popular answer to the question, “What is the problem you are struggling with most in regard to this career?”And the truth is all animals will be affected by climate change – including us. So if we really care about animals, we have to think and do something about these larger issues and we can’t only talk about species-specific problems. For my Earth month series, I’m kicking it off by talking about this big issue of climate change. Most Americans

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31:44

Your Biggest Struggle in Wildlife Careers Part 2

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/07/21

This week’s podcast episode covers the second most popular answer to the question, “What is the problem you are struggling with most in regard to this career?”To recap, a couple of months ago, I put this post on social media asking for people in wildlife biology, ecology, or zoology careers to help me out with some research:I got so many people who were interested in helping me out (thank you!).Episode #68 covers the most common answer, and in this episode I talk dive deep into the second biggest

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40:06

Your Biggest Struggle in Wildlife Careers

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/07/13

A couple of months ago, I put this post on social media asking for people in wildlife biology, ecology, or zoology careers to help me out with some research:and I was shocked by the response! I got so many people who were interested in helping me out. Thank you to all of you that participated!I did this research for my own internal knowledge – so I could learn how I could better help you. In this podcast, I cover the most frequently stated answer to the main question in my survey: “What is the

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33:31

Sustainable Beach Vacation Tips

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/06/30

It’s summer time here in the US, which means lots of people head to the beach for vacation. With parties, holidays, and leisure happening at the beach, it can be easy to forget – or some people may never even know in the first place – that beaches are habitat for lots of wildlife. I’ve seen so many fun animals at the beach in my adventures across the world like tropical fish, eels, dolphins, seals, coral, sea urchins, sea stars, and probably more that I can’t remember.But our visits to the beach are

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